Safety device for child-proof gas stove
OwnerStephanie Elsasserinventor
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Abstract
An accessory included in a manufacture of a kitchen gas stove for locking shut the gas burners and also the stove doors, the accessory including a hand controlled knob at a back of the stove, the knob turning a valve along a gas incoming pipe, and also turning levers connected to hooks that hook to inner sides of the oven doors and storage drawer therebelow.
Claims1
In a child-proof safety device for a kitchen gas stove including a plurality of stove top burners, at least one oven, control means for each burner, a storage drawer and a locking mechanism having hooks and levers connected thereto to lock or unlock a door of said oven and said storage drawer, the improvement comprising a main gas valve located in a main gas supply line in the gas stove for supplying gas to all the burners having the respective control means, said main gas valve having a shaft, a valve body attached to said shaft and a knob for turning said shaft to shut off the main gas valve, said knob being provided on a top-rear section of the stove for preventing a child from handling the knob, said levers of said locking mechanism being connected to said shaft to be moved together with said valve body by the knob, whereby when said main gas valve is turned off, the oven and the storage drawer cannot be opened and all the burners cannot be used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.